Christmas!

Christmas Eve started out with new jammies for everyone!

Then we had a little program where everyone got to choose something to do. Sophie and I both read stories and Nora played a song on the piano while Miles sang it and Wesley was the moral support. :)  We sang more carols together while Brian played on the piano and then ended with reading about the birth of Christ from the scriptures.

The kids get to sleep together on Christmas Eve so we pushed the girls' beds together and let them watch some Christmas movies before they all fell asleep at about 10.

Surprisingly they all slept in until about 6:30! The girls came down and then Wesley and then we let them wake Miles up at 6:45.

Even Scooter got a toy and a new bone.

Wesley loved his chocolate Santa, it didn't last long.

One of my favorite things about the girls is that they spend a lot of time making gifts for everyone in our family (even though we draw names...) Sophie spent a long time making this rag doll for Nora.

Nora was excited about her camera!

Daddy really wanted to get the kids all Nerf guns this year.

In our family name draw Brian and I got the boys names so I bought an assortment of costumes at the after Halloween clearance. The boys love dressing up in these and thinking they are invincible. Nora drew Sophie's name and got her a new pocket knife with her own money, Sophie lost hers on a hike this summer and was pretty excited. Sophie had Brian's name and made him a really cute "newspaper" with news all about him in it. Miles had my name and gave me some bath salts (which I may have bought myself...) but he did draw a cute picture for me :)

We had a great Christmas morning together. Sophie got a football and a pillow/arm chair from Santa and boots, a nerf gun and lego set from Brian and I. Nora got a ukelele and care bear hat from Santa and a camera, legos and nerf gun from Brian and I. Miles got some superhero action figures from Santa and a hotwheel set, nerf gun and lego set from Brian and I. Wesley also got superhero action figures from Santa and legos, a nerf gun and a Bullseye (from Toy Story) from Brian and I. Brian and I got new pillows and a fancy kitchen mat that's really soft and cushy. Later that day we were supposed to go have dinner with friends but around 2 I got sick and was throwing up the rest of the day. No fun. But I'm glad it was later in the day when we were just relaxing so I could enjoy the morning. Brian cleaned up Christmas, fed the kids and put them to bed and cleaned some more!